Len Swormstedt
{{Short description|American baseball player (1878–1964)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Len Swormstedt
|position=Pitcher
|image=Len_Swormstedt.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1878|10|6|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1964|7|19|1878|10|6}}
|death_place=Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 29
|debutyear=1901
|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 6
|finalyear=1906
|finalteam=Boston Americans
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=3–4
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=2.22
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=22
|teams=
- Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1901}}–{{baseball year|1902}})
- Boston Americans ({{baseball year|1906}})
}}
Leonard Brodbeck Swormstedt (October 6, 1878 – July 19, 1964) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{Baseball year|1901}} and {{Baseball year|1906}} for the Cincinnati Reds (1901–1902) and Boston Americans (1906). Swormstedt batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In a three-season career, Swormstedt posted a 3–4 record with 22 strikeouts a 2.22 ERA in eight appearances, including seven complete games, 10 walks, 58 hits allowed, and 65.0 innings of work.
Swormstedt died at the age of 85 in Salem, Massachusetts.
External links
{{Baseballstats|br=s/swormle01}}
- [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psworl101.htm Retrosheet]
{{Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starting pitchers}}
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